RE: Affiliates-ass-milliates
BRANDI JASMINE <brandi_at_brandijasmine.com> WROTE:
>Oh puhlease. I don't know a single person who is not and
>has not been involved on the affiliate side who has made
>much more than coffee money from these things. And one
>usually implements them as instructed by the affiliate
>program - so whose fault is it if they are badly implemented?
Many people DO earn good money from affiliate programs.
I've interviewed several for the Associate Programs
Newsletter.
Millions of dollars are paid in commissions every year.
For example, last time I checked, affiliate network
Commission Junction had paid about $50 million in
commissions and 7Search.com pays more than $1 million
a year in commissions.
The problem is that most of the commissions are earned by
about the top 5% of affiliates, leaving 95% wondering what
they're doing wrong - and perhaps claiming bitterly that
it's impossible to make money with these darn things.
Here's something you could try, Brandi. Forget about
using banners. That's about the worst possible way to
try to earn money with affiliate programs. Try writing
an honest, enthusiastic endorsement for a product you
really believe in, and send your endorsement to a double
opt-in list of subscribers who have learned to trust
your opinion. That works.
Here's an article I've written you may find useful:
"12 mistakes affiliates make - and how to fix them"
http://www.associateprograms.com/search/mistakes.shtml
Hope that helps.
Allan Gardyne
CEO AssociatePrograms.com
http://www.AssociatePrograms.com
Received on Mon Sep 10 2001 - 11:32:11 CDT
